sbool thingsOnScreenDefinitions_alwaysReload;
static SS thingsOnScreenDefinitions;
static Lock thingsOnScreenDefinitions_lock = lock();
static double thingsOnScreenDefinitions_reloadEvery = 10;
static long thingsOnScreenDefinitions_lastReload;

static SS thingsOnScreenDefinitions() {
  lock thingsOnScreenDefinitions_lock;
  if (thingsOnScreenDefinitions_reloadEvery > 0
    && sysNow() >= thingsOnScreenDefinitions_lastReload+toMS(thingsOnScreenDefinitions_reloadEvery)) {
    thingsOnScreenDefinitions = null;
  }
  if (thingsOnScreenDefinitions == null || thingsOnScreenDefinitions_alwaysReload) {
    //print("Loading thingsOnScreenDefinitions");
    thingsOnScreenDefinitions_lastReload = sysNow();
    thingsOnScreenDefinitions = persistentHashMapFromProgram(thingsOnScreenDefinitionsDBID(), "Comments");
  }
  ret thingsOnScreenDefinitions;
}

Began life as a copy of #1010889